We all know that penicillin is a wonder drug, it shortened the war, and assured Allied victory. Or did it, is that just a myth? The Allies are certainly much further ahead than the Axis, but even with accelerated wartime development, will it come into service quick enough to make a difference?

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Hosted by: Spartacus Olsson
Director: Astrid Deinhard
Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson, Bodo Rittenauer
Creative Director: Wieke Kapteijns
Creative Producer: Maria Kyhle
Written by: James Newman
Research by: James Newman
Edited by: Miki Cackowski
Map animations by: Miki Cackowski and Daniel Weiss
Map research by: Markus Linke
Sound design by: Marek Kamiński

Colorizations by:
Daniel Weiss

Source literature list: http://bit.ly/WW2sources

Archive footage: Screenocean/Reuters - https://www.screenocean.com

Image sources:
IWM TR 1468, D 17801, D 17806, WPN 182, D 16967 D 17803, E 13325, D 16965, S15 47
from the Noun Project: Microscope by Fauzan Adiima, Petri Dish by Sumana Chamrunworakiat, allergy by Adrien Coquet, globules by IcoLabs, kidneys disease by VectorsLab, Vomiting by Becris, pills by sam maulidna, company by wardehpillai, hidden by Danny Amacher
Penicillium rubens, courtesy of Houbraken, J., Frisvad, J.C. & Samson, R.A. https://imafungus.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.5598/imafungus.2011.02.01.12
Harold Raistrick, courtesy of J. H. Birkinshaw, Royal Society Publishing https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbm.1972.0017
Norman Heatley, courtesy of Dunn School, Oxford
Penicillin girls, courtesy of Dunn School, Oxford
Wellcome Images L0012312
Bundesarchiv

Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound:
Howard Harper-Barnes - London
Alec Slayne - Astray
Howard Harper-Barnes - Progressive Progress
Johannes Bornof - Deviation In Time
Brightarm Orchestra - On the Edge of Change
Howard Harper-Barnes - Prescient
Johannes Bornlof - The Inspector 4
Fabien Tell - Other Sides of Glory

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